tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15895111.post8147751435494292370..comments2023-11-03T12:44:19.948+01:00Comments on Orwell's Picnic ~: The Wonders and Glories of the New Springtime of Novusordoism Never Fail to CaptivateHilary Jane Margaret Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03771332473693479830noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15895111.post-14006643549055443962009-04-14T13:08:00.000+02:002009-04-14T13:08:00.000+02:00Yes, Sorry Andrew. I've sent your little note arou...Yes, Sorry Andrew. I've sent your little note around to some of the gang here but haven't had much response yet from the people in the know, but that is probably only because most of them are away just at the moment.HJWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15895111.post-12311227474193522702009-04-09T22:41:00.000+02:002009-04-09T22:41:00.000+02:00There used to be a rubric in the Missal (1970) whi...There used to be a rubric in the Missal (1970) which said, roughly, "No celebration of sacraments on Good Friday". Of course, what it meant was, "no Masses, no Ordinations, no Marriages, no Confirmations, only emergency Baptisms". In other words no _celebrations_. But anyway, some people took it literally.<BR/><BR/>Now, of course, it explicitly says "except Penance and Anointing".<BR/><BR/>(Rubric #1 for Feria VI in Passione Domini.)<BR/><BR/>AM<BR/><BR/>(Hilary, do you still read e-mail?)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15895111.post-25322175207662701442009-04-09T20:18:00.000+02:002009-04-09T20:18:00.000+02:00Well, I was raised in the (very liturgically corre...Well, I was raised in the (very liturgically correct until ~1969) Archdiocese of Milwaukee.<BR/><BR/>We were NEVER told that we <I>should</I> go to Confession on Good Friday. We were told to obey the law of the Church requiring Communion during the Easter season.<BR/><BR/>(...to confess to one's pastor annually; to receive Holy Communion at least once a year and that around the feast of Easter. --New Advent summation)<BR/><BR/>I think that the Confession 'requirement' may have had to do with the law of receiving Communion--the timing would certainly make sense.Dad29https://www.blogger.com/profile/08554276286736923821noreply@blogger.com